I found this sweet drawing in Simon's backpack today. A great reminder of all that we have to be thankful for in our lives. Can you tell which one is me? Around here summer is currently speeding up ...
This is one of the coolest kids I know. He is still in that awesome place where he believes in magic. Oh how I hope to encourage him to never lose that skill at being delighted ...
Today (and everyday) I am thankful for these two. Even when they are fussy, crying over not being able to beat Count Dooku on Star Wars Wii, teething, feverish, talking back, grabbing everything & putting it in their mouth, upset about ...
We spent some time this past weekend in central Oregon.
On Saturday Chris & Simon did some serious adventuring down into a lava cave (Boyd Cave - they are actually lava tubes). Not being a fan of ...
Yesterday, after a particularly challenging few mornings and afternoons, Simon and I had a little meeting to make a responsibility chart. As I got to some of his afternoon responsibilities he said, "May I have the pen?" ...
Back-to-school is in full swing around here. Now instead of one kid at the table there are two. Instead of one kid's reflection in the table during homework-time there are two. There's the boy, ...
Excited does not even really begin to describe how jazzed-up Simon was about starting second grade. We took him to the open house on Tuesday to meet his teacher, see his classroom, see where his buddies are sitting, etc ...
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